Now the CPI is not simply the sum of the changes (increase or decrease) of these 9 groups of items. Instead, each group has a weight that expresses its relative importance in the consumer basket.

Samara’s BTCCPI flips the framing. By expressing the same CPI basket in Bitcoin, the index reflects what happens when measured against a supply-capped, non-sovereign monetary standard.

Statistics Canada on Tuesday updated the basket weights for the goods and services it uses to determine inflation, increasing the influence of the shelter and transportation components. The updated ...

The updated weights, based on consumer spending in 2024, will be used to calculate the consumer price index starting with the reading for May 2025, which will be released next week. The shelter ...

The basket share for the transportation group rose to 17.29 per cent, compared with 16.78 per cent, due to an increase in the weight for passenger vehicles.

Samara Asset Group’s Bitcoin CPI reframes inflation by measuring prices in BTC—offering corporate treasuries a clearer benchmark for real value. ... They’ve launched the world’s first Bitcoin Consumer ...